Second generation sport stars: Camporeale twins next big cab off the rank in SA’s family talent production line
There is a new wave of SA sporting royalty coming through the ranks adding another chapter to their family’s rich pedigree. Here’s 31 notable parent-child combos.
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They say the apple never falls far from the tree.
That is certainly the case with some South Australian sporting royalty.
There have been some famous SA sporting family talent production lines, where traits and qualities are passed down from parents to children, including the Corneses, Robrans, Eberts and Angoves.
The Camporeales could be the next big thing, with 18-year-old footballing twins Ben and Lucas – sons of former Woodville-West Torrens and Carlton star Scott Camporeale – shining at SANFL level for Glenelg and destined to be selected as father-son picks by the Blues at this year’s AFL draft.
They are not the only sporting offspring trying to emulate one or both of their parents.
Here’s a selection, in no particular order, of some of the most notable ‘active’ South Australian sporting parent and child combinations, where a child is either still playing at a high level or is on the road to stardom and ready to add another chapter to their family’s rich sporting pedigree.
SCOTT CAMPOREALE AND BEN AND LUCAS CAMPOREALE
Football
Scott Camporeale – the son of SANFL boundary umpire life member Vin Camporeale, who officiated 304 games from 1963-82 – came through SANFL club Woodville-West Torrens’ junior system and played 15 league games for the club in 1994 before being selected by Carlton at pick 15 at the 1994 national draft.
The classy wingman starred for the Blues, playing 233 games and kicking 200 goals from 1995-2005, featuring in their 1995 premiership team and being named an All-Australian in 2000.
He played 19 games for Essendon from 2006-07 and represented South Australia three times. Scott was an assistant coach at Adelaide from 2011-19 and was caretaker senior coach for 11 games in 2015 following the death of senior coach Phil Walsh, posting a 7-4 win-loss record. He now commentates on the AFL.
Twins Ben and Lucas, 18, are highly-rated AFL draft prospects who are eligible to be claimed by Carlton as father-son players this year.
The pair are classy midfielders, with Ben named as SA’s MVP at this year’s AFL under-18 championships. He also made the under-18 All-Australian team.
Ben and Lucas, who have long starred at junior level, made their senior debuts for Glenelg in the reserves in Round 15, shining with 22 and 19 disposals respectively.
BRETT CHALMERS AND KYLE CHALMERS
Football and swimming
Originally from Cleve in Port Adelaide’s country zone, Brett Chalmers was a highly rated junior footballer who was drafted to the VFL-AFL by Richmond at just 16 in 1989, although he never considered joining the Tigers.
A powerful, long-kicking, 195cm ruckman/key position player, he made his SANFL league debut for Port in 1991 and in 1993 was found guilty – and subsequently fined – for draft tampering after insisting he would only join the AFL to play for Collingwood.
Brett won SANFL premierships for Port in 1992 and 1994 before being traded to the Crows, where he played 50 games in four seasons from 1994-97.
In 1998, he was traded to Port’s AFL team, playing 25 games in two years.
His AFL career was hindered by a succession of injuries but he continued to star in the local league, winning two more SANFL premierships with Port in 1998 and 1999 and the Jack Oatey Medal as best afield in the 1998 grand final win against Sturt.
Kyle, 26, who was raised in Port Lincoln and went to school at Immanuel College, is one of Australia’s greatest swimmers.
He won two silver medals and a bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics, giving him nine career Olympic medals (one gold, three silver, five bronze), equalling Ian Thorpe’s record for most Olympic medals won by an Australian man.
In winning silver in the blue-ribbon 100m men’s freestyle in Paris – adding to medals from Rio 2016 (gold) and Tokyo 2020 (silver) – Kyle became the first man since Russian legend Alexander Popov to win three individual medals in the event at Olympic level.
“King Kyle” has also won nine Commonwealth Games medals (seven gold, two silver) and 12 world championship medals (five gold, four silver, three bronze) and isn’t done yet, saying he has no retirement plans.
DARRYL AND JENNY BORLASE AND JAMES, IZZY AND ELLA BORLASE
Football, netball, basketball and surf boat rowing
Darryl Borlase won four SANFL premierships (1992, 1994, 1996 and 1998) with Port Adelaide after being recruited from Ceduna.
Debuting in 1985 and nicknamed “Daisy’’, he was premiership captain in his only year as skipper in 1998 and played 246 games and kicked 328 goals in 14 seasons from 1985-98.
The utility represented SA in 1993 and was Port’s leading goalkicker in 1991 and most dedicated player in 1992.
While Darryl was winning premierships with Port, wife Jenny (nee Kennett) was starring on the netball court.
She played locally for Garville and Adelaide Ravens and represented Australia from 1989 to 1999, dubbed as the golden period of Australian netball.
Playing as a goal shooter and goal attack, Jenny won three Netball World Cups (in 1991, 1995 and 1999) and a Commonwealth Games gold medal (1998) while representing her country 70 times. She was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1992.
James, 22, made his SANFL league football debut for Sturt in 2020 and at the end of the season was drafted to the AFL by Adelaide as a Category B rookie from the club’s Next Generation Academy.
Ineligible to be a Port Adelaide father-son prospect because Darryl fell short of the required minimum of 200 matches before the club’s AFL entry in 1997, James was eligible to be picked by the Crows as an NGA player because he was born in Egypt when his dad worked there as a commodity trader.
He made his AFL debut as a key defender last season and has played 13 AFL games.
Isobel, 19, is one of Australian basketball’s brightest young stars, helping the Opals to win a bronze medal at the Paris Olympic Games.
Drafted to the WNBA by Atlanta Dream in April, she is an athletic guard who plays with composure and poise and suited up in her first WNBL game for the Adelaide Lightning in 2021-22 before making her mark in the 2022-23 season when she won the Sixth Woman of the Year and Betty Watson Breakout Player of the Year awards.
In 2024, she was named to the All-WNBL First Team.
Ella, 23, enjoys surfing as a hobby but excels in surf boat rowing.
Her team, under-23 Glenelg Grenades, won Surf Life Saving SA’s 2024 Surf Sport Team of the Year award.
Their dominance continued across state, national and international levels as they won gold in the under-23 Female State Surf Boat Short and Long Course and bronze in the Open Female State Surf Final and ASRL Open U23.
However, the pinnacle of their season came with their second consecutive selection in the Australian Trans-Tasman Cup, where they clinched gold against New Zealand and showcased their talents on the global stage.
JOSH AND JO FRANCOU AND WILL, OLIVER AND BEN FRANCOU
Football and rowing
Josh Francou followed his dad, Maurie Francou, into SANFL league football ranks at North Adelaide. He made his league debut in 1993 and won the Magarey Medal as the competition’s fairest and most brilliant player in 1996.
Josh was selected in Port Adelaide’s inaugural AFL squad following his Magarey Medal win and became an AFL star for the Power.
A tough, contested, ball-winning midfielder with good speed, he had his best season in 2002 when he was runner-up for the Brownlow Medal and named an All-Australian.
After being a member of Port’s 2001 and 2002 pre-season premiership teams, he wrecked his knee in 2003 and missed out on being in the Power’s historic first AFL flag side in 2004. Josh retired at the end of 2006 after playing 156 games and kicking 81 goals for Port and in 2010 he was inducted into the SA Football Hall of Fame.
A triple Showdown Medallist, he played 58 games for the Roosters and represented SA and Australia (in International Rules) three times. He coached North from 2011-13.
Josh’s wife, Jo (nee Lips), is a former national and world rowing champion.
Making her Australian debut in 1995, she won a gold medal in the lightweight Quad – in a crew which included Sally Causby, Amber Halliday and Catriona Roach – at the 2001 World Championships in Lucerne, setting two world records in the process.
The couple’s oldest son, Will, 20, made his SANFL league debut for Port Adelaide last year as part of its state league squad before moving back to North this season.
When he made his Roosters league debut against the Magpies in Round 6, Will ensured the Francous would become just the fourth Roosters three-generation family.
Apart from Josh, his grandfather, Maurie, played 83 games and kicked 23 goals for the club from 1964-71.
Oliver, 18, is a strongly-built midfielder who is starring at under-18s level for North, being named the Round 15 MVP after a 29-disposal, nine-tackle, two-goal performance against South Adelaide.
Ben, 17, plays with the Roosters’ under-18s side and has just been selected in the SANFL U17 Future squad.
ROGER RASHEED AND INDIA RASHEED
Tennis and football
Roger Rasheed played seven SANFL games for Sturt but has made his name in tennis – as a player, coach and commentator.
The 55-year-old was the youngest player to qualify for an Australian Open in 1985 at age 16 – a feat eclipsed by Lleyton Hewitt, who he later coached before he became world No. 1.
Roger competed in the ATP Challenger Series and won four titles in 1992, reaching No. 192 in ATP rankings for singles and 132 in doubles.
He coached Hewitt from 2003-07, helping the South Australian enjoy considerable success under his tutelage, including becoming the first Australian in 17 years to reach the Australian Open final (in 2005) and winning the 2006 Queen’s Club Championships.
While coaching Hewitt’s, Roger also coached the Australian Davis Cup team in 2006.
Other stars he has coached include Gaël Monfils, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Grigor Dimitrov while he has also been a long-time tennis commentator and is founder of the Roger Rasheed Sports Foundation.
India, 17, is a rising star women’s footballer for Sturt.
A gun midfielder/forward, she won this year’s SANFLW Powerade Breakthrough Player Award, showcasing her prodigious talent by averaging 24 disposals, five clearances and five inside 50s.
India made this year’s The Advertiser SANFLW Team of the Year and last year’s All-Australian under-18 team, was SA’s MVP at the championships and won the 2022 SANFLW Goal of the Year.
She is a member of the AFL National Academy Girls squad and is expected to be one of this year’s top AFLW draft picks.
JIM MICHALANNEY AND MAX AND JACK MICHALANNEY
Football
Jim Michalanney won four SANFL league premierships with Norwood in 1975, 1978, 1982 and 1984 as a key forward.
He played 211 games and kicked 342 goals for the Redlegs from 1974-86 and was their leading goalkicker in 1976 (63 goals).
Jim was named as an inaugural member of Norwood’s Hall of Fame in 2006 and, amazingly, won the 1980 South Australian All Grades Doubles Croquet Championship in 1980 when he missed the SANFL season with a groin injury.
Max, 20, was selected by Adelaide with the No. 17 pick at the 2022 AFL draft under the father-son rule.
After coming through Norwood’s system, he made his AFL debut in Round 1, 2023, and has established himself as a standout defender who can also play through the midfield.
He won the Crows’ Emerging Talent Award in his first season and is considered future leadership material.
Max’s younger brother, Jack, 18, is also in the SANFL system, playing with Norwood’s under-18s, and is eligible to be drafted this year.
LLEYTON HEWITT AND CRUZ HEWITT
Tennis
Lleyton Hewitt – the son of former SANFL and VFL footballer Glynn Hewitt – became one of Australia’s greatest tennis players and is the most recent Australian man to win a major singles title, claiming the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships.
In 2001, he became the youngest man to be ranked No. 1 in the ATP singles rankings, reaching the mark at 20 years, 8 months and 26 days.
In total, Lleyton won 30 singles and three doubles titles, including the 2000 US Open men’s doubles title and back-to-back Tour Finals titles in 2001 and 2002 while he won the Davis Cup with Australia in 1999 and 2003.
He was runner-up in men’s singles at the 2005 Australian Open and 2004 US Open.
Cruz, 15, is one of Australia’s most promising tennis players who was the standout performer as the future stars of Australian tennis competed at the NSW Junior Open in Sydney last week.
Cruz was crowned the boys’ singles champion at the ITF J200 tournament, sweeping through the field without conceding a set.
This was Cruz’s second consecutive title on the ITF world junior tour and extended his winning streak to nine matches. He already has six career ITF junior singles titles to his name.
PETER BURGOYNE AND JASON, TRENT AND ROME BURGOYNE
Football
Peter Burgoyne was a member of Port Adelaide’s only AFL premiership team in 2004 after being selected as part of the club’s inaugural AFL squad in 1997.
A silky-skilled, half-forward/midfielder, he became a star, playing 240 AFL games and kicking 193 goals from 1997-2009.
He joined Port Adelaide’s SANFL program, where his dad Peter Burgoyne Snr had played, in 1995 after moving from the Northern Territory.
He was a member of Port’s 1998 SANFL premiership team while he also played in two Power pre-season premiership sides in 2001-02. This year he was inducted into Port’s Hall of Fame.
Peter was named a Legend in the NT Football Hall of Fame in 2012 and was selected in the Australian Football Indigenous Team of the Century in 2005.
The older brother of Power premiership teammate and former Port and Hawthorn star Shaun Burgoyne, he represented SA at State of Origin level and Australia in International Rules.
Jase, 21, was selected by Port as a father-son pick at No. 60 at the 2021 national draft and made his AFL debut in 2022.
He has played 32 games for the Power and, like his dad, is a classy, smooth-moving player who is a good decision maker.
Jase’s older brother, Trent, spent two years on Port’s list in 2020-21 but did not play an AFL game while younger brother, Rome, who currently plays at SANFL club Woodville-West Torrens, is eligible to be drafted by the Power as a father-son selection this year.
He has been invited to this year’s AFL State Draft Combine.
DARREN LEHMANN AND JAKE LEHMANN
Cricket
Darren Lehmann was one of South Australia’s greatest cricketers.
A swashbuckling, left-handed batsman, he ranks as the state’s greatest first-class run scorer, having made 11,945 runs at an average of 57.15 with 40 centuries from 1987-2007.
Darren, who also played 29 first-class games for Victoria from 1990-93, played 27 Test matches for Australia from 1998-2004, scoring 1798 runs at an average of 44.95, with five centuries.
He was a member of the Australian team that won the One-Day World Cup in 1999 and 2003. After retiring as a player, he coached Australia from 2013-18, leading the team to victory at the 2015 World Cup.
Jake, who like his dad is a hard-hitting left-handed batsman, made his Sheffield Shield debut for South Australia in 2015 and is still contracted.
Aged 32, he has played 72 Shield matches for SA, scoring 4077 runs at an average of 32.61, with nine hundreds. He has captained SA 17 times.
DMITRI MARKOV AND OLEG MARKOV
Pole vaulting and football
Dmitri Markov made his mark as a Belarusian-Australian pole vaulter.
A former world champion, he originally competed for his birth country Belarus before falling out with the country’s athletics federation.
He moved to Australia and was granted citizenship in 1999, representing Australia on the world stage and winning a gold medal at the 2001 World Championships, where he became just the third person to clear 6.05 metres.
He finished fifth at the 2000 Olympic Games and won a silver medal at the 2005 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.
Originally landing in Western Australia from Belarus and being named Western Australian Sports Star of the Year in 2001, Dmitri later moved to SA and was named the state’s 2005-2006 Open Male Athlete of the Year.
He was inducted into the South Australian Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Athletics Australia Hall of Fame in 2012.
Oleg was an outstanding junior athlete who came through the North Adelaide and SANFL talent pathway, playing two league games for the Roosters in 2015.
He was drafted to the AFL by Richmond at pick 50 in 2015 and played 23 games in five seasons from 2016-20 before being traded to Gold Coast.
Oleg played 28 games in two years for the Suns before being delisted and then being thrown an AFL lifeline by Victorian powerhouse Collingwood during the 2023 pre-season supplementary selection period.
The 28-year-old has played 35 games for the Magpies and was a member of their 2023 premiership team.
TYSON EDWARDS AND LUKE AND JACKSON EDWARDS
Football
Tyson Edwards – hailing from the small Mallee town of Wynarka – became one of the Adelaide Crows’ all-time greats after being selected from SANFL club West Adelaide at the 1995 pre-season draft.
Starting as a small defender before transitioning into the midfield, he played 321 games and kicked 192 goals for the Crows from 1995-2010 and was a key member of their 1997 and 1998 premiership teams.
Only dual premiership teammate Andrew McLeod (340) has played more games for Adelaide. A no-frills player, Tyson was renowned for his consistency, finishing runner-up in the club’s best and fairest award three times and third twice.
He was named in the Crows’ Team of the Decade 1991-2000 and in 2014 was inducted into the SA Football Hall of Fame before being inducted into Adelaide’s Hall of Fame in 2021.
Luke, 22, was drafted by West Coast with the 52nd pick at the 2020 national draft after being overlooked by the Crows as a father-son selection.
He made his AFL debut in Round 12, 2021, and has played 37 games for the Eagles.
His older brother, Jackson, 24, was selected by Adelaide from SANFL club Glenelg as a father-son pick at the 2017 rookie draft but was delisted after one season without playing a game. He currently plays in the VFL with Queensland club Southport.
TIM NIELSEN AND HARRY NIELSEN
Cricket
Tim Nielsen played 96 Sheffield Shield matches for SA as a wicketkeeper-batsman from 1990-99. He scored 3654 runs at an average of 26.10, with four centuries.
Tim ranks second in first-class dismissals for SA, with 301, taking 271 catches and snaring 30 stumpings.
Only Graham Manou (338, with 317 catches and 21 stumpings) is ahead of him.
Tim became Australian coach in 2007, replacing John Buchanan, and led the country until 2011.
He worked in the high performance program at the SA Cricket Association from 2014-24, including being general manager cricket before finishing at the end of last season.
Harry, 29, also a wicketkeeper-batsman, made his Shield debut in 2018 and is still contracted by SACA.
A left-handed batsman, he has played 45 Shield matches, scoring 2215 runs at an average of 28.76, with two centuries.
Harry ranks eighth in SA dismissals, snaring 127 (122 catches, five stumpings).
ROB LUKOSIUS AND JACK LUKOSIUS
Football
Rob Lukosius played 30 SANFL games for Woodville and Woodville-West Torrens from 1990-96, kicking 22 goals playing mainly as a key forward.
Jack, 24, who is 4cm taller than his dad, measuring 195cm, played at the Eagles in the SANFL before being selected at pick 2 at the 2018 AFL national draft by Gold Coast.
A star junior for SA state teams, he has played 115 games and kicked 77 goals in six seasons in the AFL.
Primarily a key forward who has the flexibility to play almost anywhere, he is very athletic and possesses a booming right-foot kick. Jack kicked a career-high 39 goals last season.
PETA SQUIRE AND MATILDA AND POPPY SCHOLZ
Netball and football
Peta Squire was a star Australian netballer, being a member of the Australia teams that won gold medals at the 1999 World Netball Championships and 2002 Commonwealth Games and the silver medal at the 2003 World Netball Championships.
Between 1997 and 2007, she made 169 appearances for the Adelaide Thunderbirds, shining at wing-defence in a team that won five consecutive minor premierships between 1997 and 2001. She also played in six straight grand finals from 1997 to 2002, winning premierships in 1998 and 1999.
In 2010 and 2011, Peta played for Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in the ANZ Championship.
Matilda, 19, who measures a towering 188cm, is one of Australia’s most promising young footballers.
She won an AFL under-18 girls championship with SA and shone for Glenelg at league level in the SANFLW before being snapped up by Port Adelaide as an AFLW Priority Signing in March.
An athletic ruck, Matilda instantly shone at the next level, playing all 10 games in her debut season, finishing third in the Power’s best and fairest award and winning its best first year player award.
Poppy, 17, will soon have a big decision to make. She is a standout SANFLW footballer for Glenelg, with her strong marking being a strength, and is on the radar of AFLW clubs.
But she also has the netball world at her feet.
Playing for Oakdale in the Netball SA Premier League competition, Poppy this year represented SA’s under-19s at the National Netball Championships and was named in the 2024 Australian Pathways under-19s squad as well as the Thunderbirds Futures squad.
CRAIG BURTON AND RYAN BURTON
Football
Craig Burton’s name has become famous in trivia questions as being North Adelaide’s only goalkicker in its disastrous 1989 SANFL grand final loss to Port Adelaide.
He booted the Roosters’ only goal in the third quarter of their 94-point flogging against the Magpies as they were thumped 15.18 (108) to 1.8 (14).
But Craig was a fine footballer. The speedy, athletic forward played 43 games and kicked 48 goals for West Adelaide from 1982-86 before moving to North, where he became a dual premiership player.
Craig kicked three goals in the Roosters’ 1987 grand final win against Glenelg and four in the 1991 grand final victory against the Bloods.
He played 129 games and booted 239 goals for North and was its leading goalkicker in 1992 with 52.
Ryan played four SANFL league games and kicked five goals for North as a 17-year-old in 2014 before being drafted by Hawthorn at pick 19 at the 2015 AFL national draft.
Once considered a possible top-five selection, his draft stock plummeted after he suffered a serious broken leg in a school game.
But he hit the ground running with his new club, making a strong transformation from an exciting, goalkicking forward to playmaking defender.
Ryan played 47 games for the Hawks from 2016-18 before he became the centrepiece of a trade that sent him to Port Adelaide for Chad Wingard.
Now 27, Ryan has played 104 games for the Power.
ANDREW AISH AND JAMES AISH
Football
The son of former Norwood captain and Hall of Famer Peter Aish, Andrew Aish was a highly-skilled wingman/half-back who was a key member of the Redlegs’ 1982 premiership team.
He was chosen for his South Australian state debut in just his second season of league football in ‘82 and in 1983 finished fourth in Norwood’s best and fairest award.
But Andrew, whose brother and Redlegs teammate Michael Aish won the 1981 Magarey Medal, lost his enthusiasm for the game and, with an increased workload in his physiotherapy studies, he missed the 1984 season before returning in 1985.
Plagued by a succession of injuries, he retired from the SANFL at the end of 1986, having played 89 league games and kicked 62 goals for the ‘Legs while also winning two reserves premierships to go with his league flag.
James, 28 and now at AFL club Fremantle, broke a SANFL record by becoming the youngest
Norwood player to play league football when he debuted at 16 in 2012.
He played in the Redlegs’ 2012 and 2013 premiership wins before being drafted to the AFL by Brisbane at pick 7 in 2013.
James played 32 games for the Lions before being traded to Collingwood at the end of 2015. He spent four years at the Magpies, playing 50 games, before being traded to the Dockers, where he has chalked up 101 matches and played some of the best football of his career.
The midfielder/half-back hails from famous family bloodlines. The Aish dynasty at Norwood, where James played 24 games, also includes Peter (162 games), Michael (307) and Jesse (38).
SIMON PRICE AND BEN AND WILL PRICE
Horse racing
Simon Price was one of South Australia’s top jockeys, winning multiple Group 1 races. He rode at the top level from 1987 to 2021, piloting nearly 2000 winners.
His sons, Will, 24, and Ben, 22, in 2022 created a slice of history when they became the first siblings this century to ride against each other in the Group 1 Goodwood at Morphettville. The brothers are part of a proud South Australian racing family.
Ben rides in SA and has been crowned Dux of the Racing SA Apprentice Academy for the past two years, quickly establishing himself as one of the state’s top jockeys.
Will has moved to Victoria and had multiple Group 3 race wins.
SCOTT WELSH AND TYLER WELSH
Football
Scott Welsh kicked 363 goals in 205 games for three AFL clubs – North Melbourne, Adelaide and the Western Bulldogs.
A 188cm medium forward, he was selected by the Kangaroos from SANFL club West Adelaide at pick 19 at the 1995 national draft and won a premiership with the club in 1999. He kicked 36 goals in 30 games for the Roos from 1996-99 before being traded home to Adelaide, where his career took off.
Scott booted 270 goals in 129 games for the club from 2000-07 to rank seventh on the Crows’ all-time goalkicking list.
He won the club’s goalkicking award four times (in 2000, 2004, 2005 and 2007) before quitting the club and being picked up by the Bulldogs in the pre-season draft, where he kicked 63 goals in 40 games in 2008-09.
Tyler, 18, is on the Crows’ radar as a possible father-son selection after shining in junior ranks for Woodville-West Torrens and the state side.
A strongly-built forward, the 191cm Tyler joined Adelaide’s SANFL team this year under the SANFL Rookie Program and has played nine league games for the Crows.
He kicked a league career-high five goals in Adelaide’s SANFL Showdown win against Port Adelaide in Round 18.
ANDREW McLEOD AND CONNOR McLEOD
Football
Andrew McLeod is the Adelaide Crows’ greatest player, having played a club record 340 games in 16 seasons from 1995 to 2010 and winning the Norm Smith Medal as best afield in both grand final victories against St Kilda in 1997 and North Melbourne in 1998.
An electrifying utility who could play equally well in the midfield, half-forward and half-back, he was named an All-Australian five times, including captain in 2007, club champion three times, in the Indigenous Team of the Century and in 2021 was selected in Adelaide’s ‘Best 22 of 30 Years’.
Andrew was inducted into the SA Football Hall of Fame in 2012, Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2014 and Adelaide Hall of Fame in 2015. He also won a SANFL premiership with Port Adelaide in 1994.
Connor, 24, was a junior soccer player before following his famous dad into football.
He made his SANFL league debut for Woodville-West Torrens in 2022 before switching to Glenelg at the end of the year.
A half-back/midfielder, he has played 11 league games for the Tigers (for a total of 15) and was captain of their reserves premiership side last year.
RICHIE ALAGICH AND ETHAN ALAGICH
Soccer
Richie Alagich was a standout South Australian soccer player who made 414 senior appearances, including 89 with Adelaide United from 2003-08. A right back, he represented Australia at under-23 level.
Ethan, 20, has followed in his dad’s footsteps, signing his first professional contract with Adelaide United last year and inking a new five-year deal with the club this month.
An ace midfielder, his soccer journey began in 2008 at Valley View, followed by stints with Port Adelaide and Adelaide Croatia before he was selected to join the Football SA NTC program, which paved the way for his entry into the Reds program in 2019.
“I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to continue my journey with Adelaide United. From growing up watching my dad to representing the club, I understand what it means to wear the shirt,” Ethan said of his long-term contract extension.
DARREN MEAD AND JACKSON MEAD
Football
Darren Mead won three SANFL premierships (1994, 1995 and 1996) with Port Adelaide, playing as a tough, lockdown, key defender.
Drafted by Essendon at the 1988 VFL draft, he rejected the Bombers’ advances to stay at Port and was rewarded with the SANFL flags and by being picked in the club’s inaugural AFL squad in 1997.
Darren was an instant AFL hit, winning the John Cahill Medal as club best and fairest in its first year in the national competition.
In 2001, he became the first Power player to play 100 games. Overall, he played 122 AFL games for Port from 1997-2002 and 116 SANFL matches from 1989-96 while representing SA twice.
Jackson, 22, became Port’s second ever father-son selection in 2019 after Brett Ebert (son of Russell) in 2002.
Unlike his taller dad, Jackson is a fierce midfielder/forward. He made his AFL debut in Round 1, 2022, and has played 40 AFL games. Jackson made The Advertiser SANFL Team of the Year in 2023.
BRODIE ATKINSON AND NED ATKINSON
Football
Brodie Atkinson enjoyed an outstanding SANFL career while also playing at two AFL clubs. Recruited by North Adelaide in 1990 from Port Pirie club Risdon, he won the reserves Magarey Medal in 1991 before being one of the Roosters’ best players in their 1991 league grand final triumph against West Adelaide.
The tough midfielder was drafted by St Kilda at pick 16 at the 1992 AFL draft and had 25 disposals and earned an AFL Rising Star nomination in his debut game as a 20-year-old against Brisbane in Round 11, 1993, before surprisingly being delisted at the end of the season.
Brodie returned to North before moving to Sturt in 1997 after playing 98 games and kicking 121 goals for the Roosters.
He was an immediate hit with the Double Blues, winning the Magarey Medal in his first year at the club after a thrilling tie with Norwood’s Andrew Jarman.
His standout performances saw him selected in the 1998 draft by Adelaide.
Brodie played five games for the Crows before being delisted and resuming his career with Sturt, playing a key role in their 2002 premiership.
The 2002 grand final was his 124th and last game for the club as he retired from the SANFL.
Ned, 18, is a South Australian AFL draft prospect this year, having shone at under-18 level for Sturt and represented the Croweaters at the AFL under-18 championships.
Having come through the system as a midfielder like his dad, Ned has been successfully trialled as a forward, with Double Blues under-18 coach Scott Prebble likening his game to GWS star Toby Greene’s.
GAVIN WANGANEEN AND TEX WANGANEEN
Football
Gavin Wanganeen is one of South Australia’s greatest footballers, winning the Brownlow Medal as the AFL’s fairest and most brilliant player with Essendon in 1993.
In doing so, he became the first Indigenous player to win the medal and in the same season he starred in the Bombers’ grand final win against Carlton.
Recruited from SANFL club Port Adelaide after debuting as a 16-year-old and playing in its 1990 premiership team, Gavin played 127 and kicked 64 goals for Essendon from 1991-96 before being lured back to Port for its inaugural AFL season in 1997.
He was named captain of Port’s historic first AFL team and played a crucial role in its inaugural AFL flag in 2004 before retiring at the end of 2006, having played 173 games and kicked 138 goals for the Power from 1997-2006.
All up, he played 300 AFL and 27 SANFL games, kicking 250 goals.
A brilliant utility who won the Brownlow as a back pocket but could play anywhere, Gavin made five All-Australian teams. was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2010, the SA Football Hall of Fame in 2012 and was named in the Essendon and Indigenous teams of the century.
Tex, 20, was signed by Essendon as a rookie through the AFL pre-season supplemental selection period in 2022.
A small forward, he made his AFL debut in the same season and has played five league games and kicked one goal for the Bombers.
LACHLAN BOWMAN AND NED BOWMAN
Football
From Orroroo in the state’s mid-north and known as the “Wizard’’, the athletic Lachlan Bowman played in Norwood under-17 and under-19 premiership teams before making his SANFL league debut in 1991.
After a topsy turvy start to his career which saw him briefly return to the farm, he finally established himself in the Redlegs’ best team and played 150 league games and kicked 35 goals from 1991-2000, including being a premiership player in 1997.
That was Lachlan’s most outstanding season as he was named centre half-back in the The Advertiser SANFL Team of the Year and represented South Australia in a state game against the ACT.
Ned, 17, put his name in lights this year by taking one of the greatest marks seen in junior football when he took a skyscraper for Norwood’s under-18s against Woodville-West Torrens in April.
The livewire, 186cm forward flew high on the back of a pack at Woodville Oval in a highlight that became a social media phenomena.
Ned soon found himself added to the SA under-18 squad and he performed well at the AFL under-18 championships to thrust his name into AFL draft calculations.
He has been a regular goalkicker at under-18 level, impressing recruiting scouts with his athleticism, speed, class and obvious jumping ability.
STEPHEN ROWE AND JAMES ROWE
Football
Stephen Rowe, born in SA, started his state league football career in the WAFL with South Fremantle before joining Norwood in the SANFL.
A hard-running rover, he played 185 games for the Redlegs from 1987-97, winning their best and fairest in 1990 and playing in a premiership in 1997.
In between, Stephen played 29 games and kicked 24 goals for Adelaide in a five-year AFL career from 1991-95.
James, 24, came through the SANFL with Woodville-West Torrens and was a key member of its 2020 premiership team – being a joint winner of the Ken Farmer Medal as SANFL leading goalkicker – before being selected by the Crows at pick 38 at the 2020 national draft.
He played 36 games and kicked 27 goals for Adelaide in two years before being delisted. He currently plays at the Eagles.
STUART COCHRANE AND TOM AND DOUGIE COCHRANE
Football
Stuart Cochrane was drafted from SANFL club Central District by North Melbourne and played 50 AFL games in five seasons with the Kangaroos from 1998-2002 before being traded to Port Adelaide.
A hard-running wingman/utility, he spent three years with the Power, playing 54 games, before being delisted.
He played in two Central premiership sides (2004 and 2005) and a total of 28 games for the club from 2004-06 before joining the Power’s AFL coaching staff as development coach. Stuart’s dad, Richard (174 games from 1969-79), and uncle, Bill (172 games from 1971-81), also played for Central while his brother, Richard Jr, won six premierships with the club.
Tom, 18, is a promising midfielder/forward who plays for Central’s under-18s team.
He is a high possession winner who can also hit the scoreboard and has been invited to this year’s AFL State Draft Combine.
Dougie, 16 and a tall 194cm, is one of SA’s top future AFL draft prospects.
He won SA’s Most Valuable Player award and the Kevin Sheehan Medal as the best player at this year’s AFL under-16 championships.
Neither of the Cochrane boys are, at this stage, eligible to be taken as a father-son pick at the draft because Stuart didn’t play 100 games for either club.
However Stuart has requested the AFL permits his sons be allowed to participate in Port’s academy program as he explores what he believes is indigenous heritage.
MATTHEW KELLY AND THOMAS AND COREY KELLY
Football and cricket
Matthew Kelly was a member of the Adelaide Crows’ inaugural AFL squad for the 1991 season after making his SANFL league debut for Norwood in 1989.
A classy wingman/half-back, he was drafted by Collingwood at the end of 1989 but stayed with the Redlegs prior to his selection by the Crows.
He made his AFL debut for Adelaide against Hawthorn in Round 16, 1991, but managed just two AFL games before suffering a shocking leg injury in the opening round of the 1993 SANFL season.
It was to be his last league game because of complications from major surgery involving knee and ankle reconstructions.
Also a talented cricketer who played A Grade for East Torrens, Matthew pulled the pin on his Norwood career after playing 50 games and kicking six goals.
His grandfather, Maurie Arbon, was a state footballer and 1949 premiership player with North Adelaide while his younger brother, Richard, was also a very good footballer.
He played 81 games for the Redlegs from 1990-97 and 48 for Glenelg from 1998-2000, winning the Tigers’ best and fairest award in 1999. He also played two state games.
Thomas, 23, is one of South Australia’s most promising young cricketers.
An elegant, hard-hitting batsman, he made his first-class debut for SA in March, 2022, and has played seven Sheffield Shield matches, averaging 24.61.
Thomas also has represented the Adelaide Strikers in the BBL 34 times and SA in One-Day cricket on seven occasions.
Thomas and twin brother, Corey, who also was once contracted to the Redbacks and represented Australia at under-19 level, made history in 2021 when they became the first twins to represent SA together when they lined up in a List A One-Day Cup game against Queensland.
While he no longer has a state contract, all-rounder Corey still plays Premier Cricket with Sturt.
The pair’s cousins, Max and Jim, who are Richard’s children, also are talented sportsmen.
Max, 20, is a classy wicketkeeper/batsman for SACA Premier Cricket club Kensington and plays football for Old Ignatians in the Adelaide Footy League.
Jim, 17, is a clever midfielder for Norwood’s under-18s and represented SA at under-16 level last season. He is eligible for the 2025 AFL draft.
SAM PHILLIPOU AND MATTAES PHILLIPOU AND JEVAN PHILLIPOU
Football
The Phillipou football legacy spans three generations. Peter Phillipou kicked off proceedings by playing 272 SANFL league games and kicking 124 goals for the Eagles in two stints from 1967-73 and 1977-84.
Torrens captain in 1982 and 1983, the classy utility broke up his long stint at the club by moving to Canberra and playing 60 games for Eastlake from 1974-76.
Peter represented SA and the ACT at state level and was the Eagles’ leading goalkicker in 1971 (30 goals) and 1972 (40).
Peter’s son, Sam, was a key forward who played 150 SANFL games and three AFL matches in a 14-year career from 1992 to 2005. Debuting at league level for Woodville-West Torrens, he played 106 games and kicked 180 goals for the club in three different stints and was a member of their inaugural premiership team in 1993. In between, he played three AFL games for Footscray in 1995 and 44 games, kicking 70 goals, in two stints with Port Adelaide’s SANFL side.
Sam’s son, Mattaes, 19, was drafted by St Kilda with the 10th selection at the 2022 AFL national draft. He is an explosive, 190cm midfielder/forward who played every game in his debut season and has so far racked up 36 AFL games and kicked 20 goals.
Mattaes’s younger brother, Jevan, 17, is also a draft prospect after starring with the Eagles’ and state junior teams. A classy forward/midfielder, he has been chosen in the SANFL’s elite under-17s Futures squad and is eligible for next year’s draft.
STEVEN STRETCH AND BILLY STRETCH
Football
Steven Stretch started his football career with West Torrens in the SANFL, playing 60 league games for the club from 1982-85 before moving to the VFL to join Melbourne in 1986.
A dashing wingman, he played 164 games and kicked 71 goals for the Demons from 1986-93 before switching to Fitzroy, where he played 25 games in two years.
Steven represented South Australia three times and won the Keith ‘Bluey’ Truscott Medal as Melbourne’s best and fairest player in 1987. He also played 13 finals for the Dees, including the 1988 VFL grand final, which they lost to Hawthorn.
Billy, 27, was an outstanding junior who captained SA state teams and made the All-Australian under-18 side before making his SANFL league debut for Glenelg.
He was drafted by Melbourne in 2014 under the father-son rule. A classy midfielder, he played 47 games for the Demons from 2015-19 before being delisted and returning to Glenelg. Billy was a key member of the Tigers 2023 league premiership side and still plays at the club.
LUKE McCABE AND WILL McCABE
Football
Luke McCabe played 138 AFL games for Hawthorn from 1995-2004 after being selected from SANFL club Central District at pick 15 at the 1993 national draft.
A tough, small defender, he finished runner-up in the Hawks’ best and fairest award in 1998 and was a member of their 1999 pre-season premiership side. Luke returned to the Bulldogs in 2005 and enjoyed immediate success, winning the Jack Oatey Medal as best afield in the grand final that year as the Dogs beat the Eagles in the premiership decider.
He also was a member of their 2008 premiership team and played 58 league games before retiring with the second flag.
Will – 14cm taller than Luke at 197cm – joined Hawthorn as a father-son selection from Central at pick 19 at the 2023 national draft. A tall, athletic, intercepting defender, he has great aerial power but has had his development curtailed by injuries and is yet to make his AFL debut.
STEPHEN PATTERSON AND VIOLET PATTERSON
Football
Stephen Patterson was a speedy rover who enjoyed strong SANFL and AFL careers.
He played 86 games and kicked 116 goals for Norwood in the state league competition from 1991-94 and in 2002, either side of making 96 appearances and booting 88 goals in the AFL for Collingwood, which drafted him in 1993 after he won the Redlegs’ best and fairest award and made The Advertiser SANFL Team of the Year. He also played a state game for SA. Stephen later went into politics, being elected as mayor of Holdfast Bay in 2014 before being elected to the South Australian Parliament in 2018 as the Member for Morphett.
Violet, 18, is one of SA’s most promising female footballers, having shone for Glenelg in the SANFLW competition this year and captaining SA’s under-18s team at the national championships.
She is eligible for this year’s AFLW draft and is on the radar of Collingwood as a father-daughter selection.
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